Uttar Pradesh: 40-year-old falls to death from balcony; police detain wife

A 40yearold man died after falling from the balcony of his house in Kanshiram Colony in Sultanpur Uttar Pradesh Police have detained his wife for questioning following allegations by her inlaws that she pushed him news agency PTI reportedThe victim Dilshad lived with his wife Shanno and their two children in Kanshiram Colony located in Amhat on the RaebareliBanda Road The incident took place on Saturday nightSHO Station House Officer of Kotwali Police Station Dheeraj Kumar said that the couple had frequent fights On Saturday there was a scuffle between the two and the husband fell PTI reportedAfter the incident the family immediately took him to the Government Medical College where doctors declared him deadKumar said that Shanno has been detained and is being questionedAccording to PTI the police said Dilshadrsquos sister Saima Bano alleged that her brother had asked for food when Shanno pushed him from the balcony She and her mother Qureesha further claimed that Shanno had been talking suspiciously on the mobile for the past twondashthree years and that there were daily quarrels in the householdQureesha also alleged that Shanno had run away many times and had physically assaulted Dilshad in the pastHowever Shanno has denied the allegations stating that Dilshad returned home drunk and jumped from the roof after having food She said she was in their room with the children when the incident occurredPolice have sent the body for postmortem examination and confirmed that Shanno has been detained for questioningDelhi man held for strangling wife to death after domestic disupteA man has been arrested for allegedly strangling his wife to death following a domestic dispute in the Mahipalpur area of southwest Delhi police said on SundayThe accused Amit Sehrawat initially tried to portray the incident as a suicide but was arrested after the postmortem findings and his subsequent confession contradicted his claims PTI reportedOn March 6 a PCR police control room call reported that a woman had been found hanging at her residence in Mahipalpur The woman identified as 28yearold Kalpana was taken to a hospital in Vasant Kunj where doctors declared her brought deadAccording to PTI police said preliminary proceedings were initiated as no allegations of dowry harassment were made by Kalpanas family Kalpana was married to Amit for six years and the couple have a fiveyearold child Her parents informed police that there were frequent quarrels between the couple but did not accuse the husband of dowryrelated abuse a police officer saidHowever the postmortem conducted at Safdarjung Hospital on March 8 revealed that Kalpana died owing to asphyxia caused by antemortem ligature strangulationmdashcontradicting the initial suicide theory PTI reportedFollowing the report Sehrawat was taken into custody During interrogation he confessed to the crime police saidAccording to investigators Sehrawat returned home after attending a wedding on March 5 A domestic altercation broke out with Kalpana during which he allegedly strangled her in a fit of rage He then staged the scene to make it appear as though she had taken her own lifeSehrawat was arrested on Friday Police said further investigation is underway to determine the complete sequence of eventsWith PTI inputsatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params